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Macquarie buys investment bank FPK

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
... of staff located in the US, the UK and Asia respectively. Two thirds of executive staff are employed in the firm's securities business, with the remainder in advisory, corporate broking and capital markets. The transaction consideration consists of US$130 ...

HSBC unveils EM equity fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
... specialist, Halbis Capital Management, the fund provides exposure to a diversified portfolio of equity and equity-equivalent securities issued by companies listed or located in an emerging market. The HSBC Global Emerging Markets Equity Fund has been ...

Russell launches global infra fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
... The new fund will be available to both retail and institutional investors and will be invested in around 100 to 125 securities in the sector. These stocks will be chosen from around 400 stocks listed globally with a market cap of up to US$3 trillion. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
... volume of 12,380 contracts. "Everyone's looking for the next catalyst which will drive the market higher," Cameron Securities client adviser Adrian Leppinus said. "We have AGM (annual general meeting) season coming up but the market might have run a ...

Undue credit (ratings)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009
... July saying that, "Moody's issued an opinion which was known to be wrong," and proceeded to cite other instances where securities where given inflated ratings. Kolchinsky knows what he's talking about. He worked in the credit ratings group and eventually ...

Lonsec recommends AUI property fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2009
... According to an AUI press statement, this makes AUI's fund one of only two products in the research house's hybrid property securities sector to achieve this rating. Lonsec said that the Property Income Fund (PIF) "offers a solid opportunity for investors ...

EQT and PIMCO get van Eyk tick

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2009
... +200 basis points, after fees. This would be achieved in conjunction with a large exposure to government guaranteed securities and an overall average credit rating of AA (+/-).

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
... Exchange, the December share price index contract was three points higher at 4686, on a volume of 9395 contracts. Austock Securities senior client adviser and strategist Michael Heffernan said investors were predictably taking a break after the market's ...

Regulators tighten grip on hedge funds

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
The US' Securities and Exchange Commission and UK's Financial Services Authority have announced plans to explore common reporting and regulations of hedge funds - developments that could set the template for Australian hedge fund regulation. The two ...

Beware the leveraged ETF

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
... leveraging has brought to US ETF investors have been dire enough that the products caught the attention of the US' Securities and Exchange Commission. "You could create a leverage product that last for longer than a day, maybe even a month. "But we don't ...